Transformational Gift to Create Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

The Jackson Institute extends work begun at the beginning of the decade to transform Yale into a truly global university. Initiatives have included providing full need-based financial aid to international students in Yale College, and establishing the World Fellows Program and the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. The University has encouraged all of its schools to expand their international research and teaching programs. Successful programs include the Brady-Johnson Grand Strategy Program, the Fudan-Yale Center for Biomedical Research and the Yale China Law Center, among others. In the past five years, Yale increased the number of overseas study, research, and work opportunities for undergraduates from 550 to more than 1,200. The number of faculty associated with the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies has more than doubled.